Fresh Blocks Animation 1.2 — Interaction Update

This update expands Fresh Blocks Animation beyond block placement animations and adds new client-side interaction effects for blocks and entities.

Added

• Added slime block bounce animation

  • Slime blocks now visually squash and return to their normal shape when the player lands on them.

• Added jukebox pulse animation

  • Jukeboxes now gently pulse while playing music.

• Added note block pulse animation

  • Note blocks now briefly scale up when interacted with.

• Added armor stand placement animation

  • Armor stands now appear with a small pop animation when placed.
  • The animation adapts to the player’s view direction.
  • The real armor stand is temporarily hidden during the visual pop effect.

• Added block breaking particle effects

  • Breaking blocks now creates small vanilla-friendly particles using the block’s own texture.
  • This replaces the old experimental breaking block shake as the default breaking effect.

• Added adaptive lighting for animated blocks

  • Animated blocks now better match the surrounding light level instead of always appearing fully bright.

• Added Fun Animations config

  • Fun/extra animations now have their own separate config file:
    • config/fresh-blocks-animation/fun_config.json

• Added in-game config screen

  • Added a visual configuration screen for easier editing.
  • Added scrolling support for the config menu.
  • Simplified the Fun Animations section.

Changed

• Reworked the breaking animation system.

  • The previous full fake-block breaking animation caused visual flickering in Minecraft 26.x because the original block could not be reliably hidden.
  • The default breaking effect is now particle-based for better stability and a cleaner vanilla-style look.

• Improved interaction animation cleanup.

  • Fixed stuck breaking animations when switching from one block to another while holding the mining button.

• Improved animation lighting behavior.

  • Animated displays now use nearby environmental lighting instead of forced maximum brightness.

• Simplified the config layout.

  • Removed unused and experimental options from the visible config screen.

• Updated the Mod Menu metadata.

  • Added a new mod description.
  • Added support for linking the project/community through the Mod Menu website button.

Experimental / Disabled

• Minecart placement animation was tested but is currently disabled.

  • Minecart rendering behaves differently from armor stands and does not reliably respect temporary invisibility.
  • This may return in a future update if a stable client-side render solution is found.

• Experimental display-based block breaking animation is no longer the default.

  • Particle-based breaking effects are now recommended for Minecraft 26.x.

Fixed

• Fixed animated blocks appearing too bright in dark areas, the Nether, and the End.
• Fixed some interaction animations getting stuck after cancelled block breaking.
• Fixed several config values not being saved or migrated correctly.
• Fixed Fun Config not updating properly between versions.
• Fixed note block animation not triggering reliably.
• Fixed armor stand pop animation direction and visibility behavior.

Notes

Fresh Blocks Animation remains fully client-side.
This update focuses on stable vanilla-friendly visual effects without modifying the actual world state.